"Carousels" found 11 records | Heritage Burnaby

Amusement park operaters at Happyland

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified amuseument park operators dressed in uniforms and standing in front of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. One of these men could be Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of amusement park rides at Happyland.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Subseries: Carousel photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified amuseument park operators dressed in uniforms and standing in front of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. One of these men could be Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of amusement park rides at Happyland.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Accession Code: BV022.2.30

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 2021-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #1; Photograph copied from Robertson family album

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Amusement park operaters at Happyland, [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996 thumbnail

C.W. Parker Carousel no. 119

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1913 and 1915] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 18 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Parker Carousel no. 119. Adults and children are riding the carousel and a crowd of people has gathered to watch (many of whom are holding umbrellas). This carousel originally belonged to Fred Kirk Leggett from Houston, Texas (owner of the Lone Star circus).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 18 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Parker Carousel no. 119. Adults and children are riding the carousel and a crowd of people has gathered to watch (many of whom are holding umbrellas). This carousel originally belonged to Fred Kirk Leggett from Houston, Texas (owner of the Lone Star circus).

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel

Accession Code: BV005.63.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1913 and 1915] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; The carousel belonged to Fred Legget, in Texas, 1913-1915. This image is a copy of the original, and has itself been copied in an 8 x 10" format; 1 b&w; large format copy negative accompanying

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C.W. Parker Carousel no. 119, [between 1913 and 1915] (date of original) thumbnail

Fred Leggett at ticket booth

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Fred Leggett standing at a ticket booth in front of a carousel at an unidentified location. Fred's father, Fred Kirk Leggett was the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Parker Carousel no. 119).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Fred Leggett standing at a ticket booth in front of a carousel at an unidentified location. Fred's father, Fred Kirk Leggett was the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Parker Carousel no. 119).

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: Leggett, Fred

Accession Code: BV993.51.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-3"; 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying

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Fred Leggett at ticket booth, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail

Leggett family on carousel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Norvie Leggett and three of her children on a carousel. Her daughter Norvie is sitting on the horse, Fred is standing to the left and Leon is standing in front (to the right). These are the children of Norvie and Fred Kirk Leggett, the original owners of Parker Carousel no. 119 (altho…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Norvie Leggett and three of her children on a carousel. Her daughter Norvie is sitting on the horse, Fred is standing to the left and Leon is standing in front (to the right). These are the children of Norvie and Fred Kirk Leggett, the original owners of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Parker Carousel no. 119).

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: Leggett, Fred; Leggett, Leon; Leggett, Norvie; Frame, Norvie Leggett; C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel

Accession Code: BV993.51.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-5"; 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying; 1 photograph : sepia slide ; 35 mm accompanying

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Leggett family on carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail

Leon Leggett on a carousel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leon Leggett riding on a carousel horse. He has a shirt and pants on (that are rolled up past the knee) and he isn't wearing any shoes. Leon Leggett was a son of Fred Kirk Leggett, the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Park…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leon Leggett riding on a carousel horse. He has a shirt and pants on (that are rolled up past the knee) and he isn't wearing any shoes. Leon Leggett was a son of Fred Kirk Leggett, the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119 (although it is uncertain if the carousel pictured is Parker Carousel no. 119).

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel

Accession Code: BV993.51.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-8"; 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying; 1 photograph : sepia slide ; 35 mm accompanying

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Leon Leggett on a carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail

Three men beside carousel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified men standing beside a carousel. Two of them are wearing light-coloured shirts with dark pants and suspenders. The third man is wearing a dark shirt, dark pants and a cowboy hat. The location has not been identified.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified men standing beside a carousel. Two of them are wearing light-coloured shirts with dark pants and suspenders. The third man is wearing a dark shirt, dark pants and a cowboy hat. The location has not been identified.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Accession Code: BV993.51.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-7"; 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying; 1 photograph : sepia slide ; 35 mm accompanying

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Three men beside carousel, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail

Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1944-1960

Length: 0:09:21

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of reconnecting with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown on the interurban tram. He discusses his job history and tells the story of single-handedly clearing land for their family home.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of reconnecting with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown on the interurban tram. He discusses his job history and tells the story of single-handedly clearing land for their family home.

Date Range: 1944-1960

Photo Info: Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018.

Length: 0:09:21

Names: Brown, Cice Chandler

Subjects: Land Clearing

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: September 18, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Dennis Brown conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.

Biographical Notes: Dennis Brown’s family moved from North Vancouver to South Burnaby, near Central Park, in 1941. Dennis finished his high school in Burnaby and enlisted in the air force, completing basic training. He returned to Burnaby looking for work and found employment stoking the boiler of a cargo ship. He and a friend spent the next year sailing around the world. When Dennis returned to Burnaby, he found work at a local shingle mill, married Cice Chandler and began work on a new home at Willingdon and Imperial. He and Cice had two children in 1948 and 1950, and three more in the later nineteen-fifties. By this time, Dennis had retrained as an accountant and worked in several large businesses in Vancouver. In their later years, both Dennis and Cice were active in the restoration of the Parker Carousel and Interurban 1223 (now on display at the Burnaby Village Museum) and both were honoured independently with “Citizen of the Year” awards. Cice (Chandler) Brown was, additionally, Honourary Reeve of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:43:57

Interviewee Name: Brown, Dennis

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018. thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track three of recording of interview with Dennis Brown

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Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1947-1980

Length: 0:10:39

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of the time when he was taking correspondence and university courses while finishing the house off. He tells the story of the purchasing a car on a whim.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Dennis Brown's memories of the time when he was taking correspondence and university courses while finishing the house off. He tells the story of the purchasing a car on a whim.

Date Range: 1947-1980

Photo Info: Dennis Brown (far left) with his wife Cice (Chandler) Brown (far right) and their five children, [1964]. Item no. 549-018.

Length: 0:10:39

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: September 18, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Dennis Brown conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.

Biographical Notes: Dennis Brown’s family moved from North Vancouver to South Burnaby, near Central Park, in 1941. Dennis finished his high school in Burnaby and enlisted in the air force, completing basic training. He returned to Burnaby looking for work and found employment stoking the boiler of a cargo ship. He and a friend spent the next year sailing around the world. When Dennis returned to Burnaby, he found work at a local shingle mill, married Cice Chandler and began work on a new home at Willingdon and Imperial. He and Cice had two children in 1948 and 1950, and three more in the later nineteen-fifties. By this time, Dennis had retrained as an accountant and worked in several large businesses in Vancouver. In their later years, both Dennis and Cice were active in the restoration of the Parker Carousel and Interurban 1223 (now on display at the Burnaby Village Museum) and both were honoured independently with “Citizen of the Year” awards. Cice (Chandler) Brown was, additionally, Honourary Reeve of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:43:57

Interviewee Name: Brown, Dennis

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Audio Tracks

Track four of recording of interview with Dennis Brown

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Leggett children at the Lone Star circus

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) Leon Leggett, Norvie Leggett, Dedie Leggett and Fred Leggett J standing in front of a mechanical ride. The man standing at the back with the black hat is the children's father, Fred Kirk Leggett from Houston, Texas (the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119). He owned …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) Leon Leggett, Norvie Leggett, Dedie Leggett and Fred Leggett J standing in front of a mechanical ride. The man standing at the back with the black hat is the children's father, Fred Kirk Leggett from Houston, Texas (the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119). He owned the Lone Star circus and the airship was part of the circus attraction.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Amusement Rides

Names: Leggett, Dedie; Leggett, Fred; Leggett, Fred Kirk; Leggett, Leon; Leggett, Norvie

Accession Code: BV004.94.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Children standing by Airship"

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Leggett children at the Lone Star circus, [between 1900 and 1919] thumbnail

Leggett children with Grandmother Doughty

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 6.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Elizabeth Doughty standing behind a metal fence at an unidentified location with her grandchildren. Sitting on top of the fence is Fred, with Leon standing next to Grandmother Doughty and Norvie standing next to Leon. Holding a teddy bear in the front is Dedie and beside her is Ralph.…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 6.5 cm print

Material Details: Lack of detail on copy print due to poor quality original

Scope and Content: Photograph of Elizabeth Doughty standing behind a metal fence at an unidentified location with her grandchildren. Sitting on top of the fence is Fred, with Leon standing next to Grandmother Doughty and Norvie standing next to Leon. Holding a teddy bear in the front is Dedie and beside her is Ralph. The children's father Fred Kirk Leggett (from Houston, Texas) was the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119.

Names: Leggett, Fred; Doughty, Elizabeth; Leggett, Leon; Leggett, Dedie; Frame, Norvie Leggett

Accession Code: BV993.51.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-2"; 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying

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Leggett children with Grandmother Doughty, [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993] thumbnail

Leggett family

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Fred Kirk Leggett holding the hand of his young daughter, Dedie. Beside him an unidentified man is holding Fred Kirk Leggett's son, Ralph. The group is standing in front a large unconventionally shaped wagon. Fred Kirk Leggett is the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Fred Kirk Leggett holding the hand of his young daughter, Dedie. Beside him an unidentified man is holding Fred Kirk Leggett's son, Ralph. The group is standing in front a large unconventionally shaped wagon. Fred Kirk Leggett is the original owner of Parker Carousel no. 119.

Names: Leggett, Dedie; Leggett, Ralph; Leggett, Fred Kirk

Accession Code: BV993.51.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-9"; 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying; 1 photograph : sepia slide ; 35 mm accompanying

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Amusement park operaters at Happyland

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Fred Leggett at ticket booth

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Leggett family on carousel

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Leon Leggett on a carousel

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Three men beside carousel

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Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 3

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Interview with Dennis Brown by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 4

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Leggett children at the Lone Star circus

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Leggett children with Grandmother Doughty

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Leggett family

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